2012 Season (Junior): Named All-Northern Athletics Conference Second Team as an offensive lineman...Appeared in and started nine games...Helped the Falcons rush for 764 yards and pass for 2,547 yards.

2011 Season (Sophomore): Played on the offensive line for the Falcons, helping the team rush for 1,408 yard and passing for 1,805 yards.

High School (Lake County Lutheran): Earned varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball..Helped the baseball team win a pair of Midwest Classic Conference championships and a regional championship...Helped the football team win a Midwest Classic Conference title...Earned All-MCC Honorable Mention honors in basketball, Honorable Mention, Second Team and First Team honors in baseball...Was named team's Defensive Player of the Year in baseball...Named All-MCC First Team as an offensive and defensive lineman his junior and senior years...Also named first team all-Waukesha County, all-region and Lutheran Schools All-America First Team.

Personal: Son of Bill and Karol...Has one older sister, Amber...Distant relative of author Stephen Crane who wrote The Red Badge of Courage.